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Starter Should faith schools be required to admit students of every belief?

Public funding should come with meaningful access for families outside the faith.

Starter Should children have a say before a parent remarries? Their lives are changing too, even if they should not hold a veto over an adult relationship.

They deserve to be heard about practical changes and safety. Giving a child complete control over the relationship could place an unfair burden on them.

Starter Should a company be allowed to call someone a contractor while controlling their schedule? Flexibility should not be a label used to avoid obligati…

Control is the key issue. A company should not demand employee-like availability while denying employee-like protections.

Starter Should awards be withdrawn when later conduct undermines the winner's reputation? Honoring work and endorsing a person are difficult to separate.

It depends on what the award represents. A technical achievement and an honor for moral leadership do not need the same response.

Starter Should discovery claims remain provisional until an independent team reproduces them? Waiting may slow recognition, but rushing can reward a convin…

Some discoveries cannot be replicated in exactly the same way. Independent scrutiny and converging evidence should matter alongside literal repetition.

Starter Is a beautiful lie ever better than an unbearable truth? Comfort purchased with deception can take away someone's ability to decide for themselves.

Tell the truth with care and support. Deciding that someone cannot bear it takes control of their life away from them.

Starter Should religious organizations publish leaders' compensation to their congregations? Asking for sacrifice while hiding personal rewards undermines…

Yes, with the same transparency expected of other donor-funded organizations. Financial secrecy is especially troubling when giving is framed as a moral obligation.

Starter Should public schools be allowed to reject donations with ideological conditions? A desperate budget should not let wealthy donors write the curric…

Schools should publish donor conditions before accepting money. Families deserve a chance to object before a classroom becomes someone else's advocacy project.